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July 14, 2008
Soaring oil forces Cathay to hike fares

Cathay Pacific is hiking premium fares to and from Hong Kong by as much as 15% in an effort to help offset soaring fuel prices. The Hong Kong carrier is also redeploying aircraft for the winter.

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July 14, 2008
Most airlines shun marketing as way to fly through storm

The soaring cost of fuel has the airline industry facing perhaps its most challenging year ever, but only a few of the major U.S. carriers are focusing on marketing to help them ride out the turbulence.

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July 14, 2008
Continental Airlines Named Best Domestic Airline, Best for Customer Service By Executive Travel Magazine

Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced that it was named the "Best Domestic Airline," "Best Airline for Customer Service" and "Best Airline for Flights to Mexico" in Executive Travel Magazine's 2008 Leading Edge Awards.

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July 14, 2008
Taiwanese airline to cut flights as fuel prices soar

Leading Taiwanese airline EVA Airways said Monday it would cut international flights by up to 10 percent due to the pressure of soaring fuel costs.

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July 14, 2008
Tanzania: Songwe Airport to Be Ready in 2009

The fourth International Airport in Tanzania - Songwe International Airport - in the Southern Highland of Tanzania will start operations next year.

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July 14, 2008
Farnborough airshow starts with big Mideast orders

Airlines from oil-rich Middle Eastern countries saved the world's largest air show from an otherwise lacklustre start on Monday, booking orders for about 150 planes worth more than $25 billion.

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July 14, 2008
A New Bombardier Jet Draws Only Tepid Demand

With jet fuel prices soaring, and airlines desperate to save on operating costs, Bombardier’s new 100-seat jet might seem an easy sell.

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July 14, 2008
Speculators May Not Affect Oil Price

The role of speculative investors in high oil prices is dividing the U.S. airline industry from economists, who say targeting institutional investors is more politically expedient than economically sound.

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July 13, 2008
Hey, Big Spender, Flying My Way?

BACK in Jack Kerouac’s day, when people more often traveled along blacktop roads than through the jet stream, they hitched free rides by sticking out a thumb at a freeway onramp or hopping into a friend’s old heap. Often enough the destination didn’t matter to a hitcher embarked on a personal picaresque. What counted was the ride.

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July 13, 2008
Low-cost Asian airlines thriving on silver linings

Tony Davis, the chief executive of Tiger Airways, based in Singapore, readily admits that he is much happier running an Asian-based low-cost airline right now than he would be running one in Europe or the United States.

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